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<span class=large>ZECHARIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 9
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Zechariah speaks Messianically: Messiah shall come, having salvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass—He shall free the prisoners from the pit—Judah and Ephraim are instruments of the Lord.
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The</span> burden of the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus <i>shall be</i> the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, <i>shall be</i> toward the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 1: 10 (9-10).">Tyrus</a> did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zeph. 2: 4.">Ashkelon</a> shall see <i>it,</i> and fear; Gaza also <i>shall see it,</i> and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, <i>shall be</i> for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 1: 21.">Jebusite</a>.
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And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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&#182; Rejoice greatly, O <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 11.">daughter</a> of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/9/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 21: 5 (4-11); John 12: 15 (12-16).">King</a> cometh unto thee: he <i>is</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/9/9c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Justice.">just</a>, and having salvation; lowly, and <sup>d</sup><a href="zech/9/9d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">riding</a> upon an <sup>e</sup><a href="zech/9/9e" mark="e" type="A" title="Mark 11: 7 (1-11).">ass</a>, and upon a <sup>f</sup><a href="zech/9/9f" mark="f" type="A" title="Luke 19: 35 (35-40).">colt</a> the foal of an ass.
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 5: 10.">horse</a> from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/9/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Heathen.">heathen</a>: and his <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/9/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 72: 8; D&C 58: 22; D&C 76: 63.">dominion</a> <i>shall be</i> from sea <i>even</i> to sea, and from the river <i>even</i> to the ends of the earth.
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As for thee also, by the <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through; TG Redemption.">blood</a> of thy <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/9/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Covenants.">covenant</a> I have sent forth thy <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/9/11c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Genealogy and Temple Work; TG Salvation for the Dead.">prisoners</a> out of the <sup>d</sup><a href="zech/9/11d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 51: 14.">pit</a> wherein <i>is</i> no water.
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&#182; Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Moro. 7: 41 (1, 3, 40-48).">hope</a>: even to day do I declare <i>that</i> I will <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/9/12b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB restore.">render</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/9/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 61: 7.">double</a> unto thee;
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When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 11: 40.">whirlwinds</a> of the south.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, <i>and</i> make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, <i>and</i> as the corners of the altar.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> their God shall <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/9/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 23.">save</a> them in that <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/9/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 2: 11; Isa. 52: 6; Hosea 2: 16 (14-23).">day</a> as the flock of his people: for <i>they shall be as</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/9/16c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mal. 3: 17; D&C 60: 4.">stones</a> of a <sup>d</sup><a href="zech/9/16d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 3.">crown</a>, lifted up as an <sup>e</sup><a href="zech/9/16e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Ensign.">ensign</a> upon his land.
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For how great <i>is</i> his goodness, and how great <i>is</i> his beauty!  corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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